Marzamemi

Marzamemi

Marzamemi is an ancient fishing village, now a touristic, seafaring and fishing center just over 20 km (12 miles) from Noto. The name of this old village comes from the Arabic “Marsà al-hamām”, which means “Bay of the Turtledoves,” since the small birds have to pass through the area during their migrations. Today, Marzamemi radiates…

La Villa Romana del Tellaro

The Roman Villa of Tellaro

In the 1970s, in the country side not far from Noto, the remains of a Roman Villa were discovered after being hidden by an old farmhouse that had been built over it. Archaeological excavations in the following years unearthed extremely refined and marvelous Roman mosaics dating back to the 4th century A.D. To date, only…

Riserva di Vendicari

Vendicari Nature Reserve

Established in 1984 by the then Minister of Agriculture Filippo Maria Pandolfi, the Vendicari Nature Reserve was created with the aim of safeguarding one of the most important ecosystems of the peninsula, which boasts, in the far southern area, a reserve of inestimable value, both from a purely natural and historical point of view. The…

La storia di Noto

The History of Noto

Noto counts with thousands of years of history that go from the Bronze Age to the present day. The foundation   The city was founded in the 5th century B.C. by King Ducezio, who moved the human settlement from the Mendola plateau, cradle of the ancient Castelluccio civilization (one of the oldest human settlements in…